I was excited because I had asked to research Chinese immigrants during that era.

我已经请求研究那个时代的中国移民，这令我十分兴奋。

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They did as I had asked.

他们是按照我的要求做的。

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I wouldn't have gotten lost, if I had asked for directions.

要是我问过路，就不至于迷路了。

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But when I had eaten, I was not asked to do anything.

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Interestingly, towards his death, I had the chance to meet him, And I asked him... He knew he was dying.

在他去世前，我曾经去拜访他，我问他。。。，他知道他就要离开人世。

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I asked each of them to bring a book that had informed that question for them, inside or outside of the classroom that they had read or what in Princeton.

我让他们每人带一本书来,这本书该为他们提供了对这个问题的提示,只要是他们在学校里课堂内外读过的都行。

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Mr. BERNTSEN: Yeah, I wanted, you know I had asked for six to eight hundred.

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Earlier I had asked whether he hangs out with other restaurant types, and he shook his head.

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And in the context of Iraq, which questions do I wish I had asked last time around?

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